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Dive in the stream of creation 3 - Dirk Gently picture
The Stream of creation
Dive in the stream of creation 3/3

Dive in the stream of creation 3 In my previous 2 articles I’ve talked about the artist’s block and how to possibly overcome it. I explored some of the reasons that we may feel blocked sometimes, and proposed some solutions. I you haven’t read them yet, you can find them

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Why I became an artist - Captain flint spectral - Lux Wood Art
Meet the artist
Why I became an artist

Lately it seems that people want to know me a little better. I have been receiving various questions, but some come back more often. And this one I’m going to talk about is the second question I get asked the more often. The first being “and do you make a

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The Galaxy collection is here - 12 portraits - Star Trek fanart
New art
The Galaxy collection is here !

If you receive my newsletter, or follow me on Instagram or Twitter, I’ve annouced since a few weeks ago that my new collection was going to get released. And today, I’m happy and proud to tell you that it’s finally available for sale, here on my website !! This collection

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Dive in the stream of creation - Dirk Gently Amanda Brotzman fanart
The Stream of creation
Dive in the stream of creation 2/3

Dive in the stream of creation 2 Last week I talked about the artist’s block and some of the reasons that may block a creative process (click here if you haven’t read it yet). Hopefully it gave you some interesting ideas on how to unblock and overcome some of these

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Dive in the stream of creation - Dirk Gently pictures, Dirk Gently, Todd Brotzman
The Stream of creation
Dive in the stream of creation 1/3

Dive in the stream of creation 1 I wanted to find a positive title to talk about the artist’s block, and how to overcome it. And in one of my favorite series, Dirk Gently, Dirk and Bart refer to themselves as leaves in the stream of creation. I fell in

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I'm not a "real" artist - Doctor Who, Amy Pond, Vincent Van Gogh
The 1 million reasons
I’m not a “real” artist

In my last article, I told you that I wanted to speak about the numerous reasons to feel bad as an artist. So I thought that I would just dive right into it this week. I won’t be posting only about that in the next weeks, but there are some

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The 1 million reasons - Aziraphale, Gabriel and Crowley original color pencil portrait on kraft paper
The 1 million reasons
The 1 million reasons to feel bad as an artist

First, let me just say that I will talk about the opposite subject, and talk about the reasons to feel good. But I thought of this side first and I think it’s very important to talk about these negative feelings because they can be very damaging to our self esteem.

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Your truest desire - Originaly mixed media illustration on paper - Andrew Scott fanart
Art talk
The hidden sensations of art

Everyone’s creativity and inside stream, work in a different way. We all feel, interprets and talks about things differently. This is why I wanted to talk about the hidden sensations of art. As I told you in my last post about the symbolism in my art, you don’t need to

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Never surrender - Toby Stephens - Mixed media illustration on paper - Black Sails fanart
Art talk
The symbolism in my art

Every artist (of any type of art btw) always infuse his personality in his creations. And wether he’s conscious of it or not, that includes some symbolism. That symbolism can be personal, universal, hidden or very obvious. Personnaly I like to mix all that, and I’m mostly very consious of

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Never lost - work in progress- Emma Stone Fanart
Art tips
6 Steps of my creation process

Today I wanted to share with you about my process when I create illustrations. As you may have noticed, my drawings are fanart based, and my goal when I create them is to take a character that I love, and give him a new life (related or not to his

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